Choose Sensibly
 Choose a diet that is low in saturated fat and cholesterol and
moderate in total fat
 Choose beverages and foods to moderate your intake of sugars
 Choose and prepare foods with less salt
 If you drink alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation

Source:
Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 5th edition.
United States Department of Agriculture, United States Department of
Health and Human Services. Home and Garden Bulletin No. 232, 2000.

Include
diet counseling for caries prevention and control as a component of comprehensive dental care.

Request
a nutritional consult and confer with dietetics professional for patients
at nutrition risk because of compromised oral health (e.g., caries,
diabetes, xerostomia, immunosuppressive disorders).

Be familiar
with nontraditional diet interventions and provide patients with guidelines
to maximize oral intake.

Collaborate
with dietetics professionals in delivery of medical nutrition therapy
and provision of oral health care in long-term care settings.

Oral Health and Nutrition: Position of the American
Dietetic Association. Copyright by the American Dietetic Association.
Adapted with permission from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association
1996;96:184-189.